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I ... all three ... he took office ... actually it was too fearful to disease ... we had the opportunity to mom why did he didn't present any threat ... the ... individuals involved were able and prepared to do that ... we had discussed extensively covered meetings in the White House with the present ... the concern was that the development ... of which of course a type of cap drug operation indeed it ... was a firefight ... he ... therefore was ... killed in that firefight ... and that's when the remains were removed ... but we certainly work ... on planning for the possibility ... of which we thought was going to be remote ... given that he would ... likely resist arrest ... what do we with the Caption ... the ... most likely outcome ... I ... we ... were trying to make sure that we were able to ... accomplish the mission ... safely and securely for the people weren't all ... we were not going to put our people at risk ... the present put a premium on making sure that our personnel ... of were protected and we were not going to get them on ... any of his cohorts the opportunity ... to carry out so the full fire on our forces ... he was engaged ... and he was killed in the process but ... if we had the opportunity to live within the time ... that ... how and why ... I did this ... he said ... anybody ... can I get ... blue brings this is hiding in plain sight ... clearly this was ... something that so what's considered as a possibility ... Pakistan is a large ... country ... oh we are looking right now at so how he was able to ... hold out there for so long ... and whether or not those they have the support system within Pakistan ... that allowed him to stay there ... we note that the people the compound they're working on his behalf ... and that's how we all we found a wage that compound of but we are right now ... Leslie twenty four hours at this operation ... so we are ... talking with the Pakistanis of Reagan bases ... want to pursue leads to find out exactly what type a support system ... and benefactors that ... Buffett on my ... the ... war ... this ... all leads in this issue ... no I ... I ... didn't elaborate ... I think it's inconceivable that such billlion did not have a support system in the country ... that allows him to remain there for an extended period of time ... I'm not going to speculate about what type of support he might have had an official basis ... of in the inside Pakistan ... of what we are closely talking to the Pakistanis right now ... again we are leaving open up opportunities to continue to ... pursue whatever leaves plenty out there ... the ... that a lot of people think about it ... Warren and Afghanistan ... wind ... down ... I think the accomplishments that it's a very brave ... of ... her smell from state governments were able to realize this day ... is a defining moment ... in the war ... against al Qaeda ... the war on terrorism ... Mike decapitated head of the snake known as al-Qaeda ... um is going to have I think a very ... important reverberations throughout the area on the Okada network ... in that area ... this is something that we've been after for ... fifteen years of goes back before nine eleven ... so I think we're doing now is going to try to take advantage of this opportunity we have ... to demonstrate the Pakistani people to people the area ... that al-Qaeda is something in the past ... and we're hoping to bury the restful by the along with the ... in a situation ... that you describe how you were ongoing ... about the goings-on and describes her parents ... I'm ... very very ... handsome ... we watched the operation ... of World Youth has ... this into it what you can ... the Apostles two teams ... yesterday around midday ... there were others who were here earlier that morning ... the present joined us than earlier in the for the operation of the way ... when the operation to get under way than the present ... retooling the group ... and so we were able to monitor real-time basis ... the ... progress of the operation ... from its commencement to his time on target ... to the extraction remains and to the NPT grass off the target ... it was probably will want the most ... anxiety filled periods of time I think ... the lives of the the people who were simple to use the ... the minutes pass like days and to the present ... oh was very concerned about the security of our personnel ... that was what was on his his mind throughout ... and we wanna make sure that we will get through this and accomplish the mission ... but it was so clearly a very tense ... a lot of people holding their breath ... and there was a fair degree of silence as it is as depressed as we would get the updates ... and we finally ... Where forms that to those individuals ... who were able to go in the compound and found individual that they believe was in London ... it was ... a tremendous us sigh of relief ... that's what we believed and we believe was in the compound actually was in the compound was found ... and to the present was relieved to know once we had ... our people ... and those remains on target ... was the worst ... the dollar was ... just three or four ... o four zero we were able to monitor the situation in real time and were able to have ... regular updates and two ... ensure that we were heads of ... real-time visibility into the covers operation up and go into details ... about what type of ... visual we had to what type of these that were there but ... it was the key was the ability to actually track it on and on an ongoing basis ... I understand there is a moment ... the real ... one ... also ... with the Navy seals were leaving ... and texting ... governments are scrambling to adjust their is concerned ... when did they were promised to ... hold where U S ... troops what what what what her national ... concern ... as a means to them or not ... apparently ... informed about this bill the operation was directly concerned ... that they might actually ... the action against ... in his heels ... Umm ... we go to the Pakistanis until after bald or people or aircraft for a Pakistani airspace ... at the time the pair ... are reacting to an instant that they knew when ... taking place in a bomb plot ... therefore they were scrambling some of their assets ... clearly we were concerned ... that the Pakistanis of decided to scrambled jets whatever else ... they didn't know what ... they had no idea about who would buy underwear that the US is somebody else ... so we were watching and making sure that these ... are people in our aircraft with the good of the party and airspace and thankfully ... there was no engagement Pakistani forces ... this ... operation was designed to minimize the cost base the chances of a piece on ... Forces it was done very well ... and thankfully ... no Pakistani forces were engaged and they would know what they're ... individuals who were ... killed aside from those on the compound ... think you ... can talk about what documentation may have found there was a bank vault ... the ... ancient and ... medieval ... if we get some additional to do ... the people who are compound to the bench of the time there to make sure that we were able to ... where would ever been to we thought was ... appropriate ... and was muted ... and though we are in process right now of ... looking at what it might have been picked up but I'm not going to go into details of what might be acquired ... we feel as though this is a very important time to continue to prosecute this up again so high that ... take advantage of this excessive yesterday ... and that to continue to work to break the back of either ... with a lot of things ... in terms of what ... we are trying to determine exactly the worst the whatever's next month to pick up and it's not a silly quantity ... of people e its quality ... some of them are can ... you ... tell us how close ... the US has got it in a ... note or or ... video very close call ... it was a ... bit over the years twelve or was for the last time that we had to ... actually pull we we thought was very credible ... information about where he was located ... a number of leads been pursued over the years ... I think with this operation demonstrates is that ... there is some very very good people with the fall and among the many many years they have been very persistent they have called on every trade ... and as result of that diligence and analytic capabilities ... they were able to track this amputee to kill the body of evidence ... that suggested circumstance way ... that the mullahs at the compound ... that's what they did it was a much greater ... confidence that we had in this body of intelligence in this body this nation we've had ... since World War ... still though was nothing to confirm that the law was at the compound ... and therefore when Pres Obama was faced with the ... opportunity ... to ... act upon this ... the present had to evaluate ... the strength to ... him ... and then made what I believe was ... one of them the most ... guts his calls ... of the present Reshma ... and ... was about ... the anxiety of ... not being able to trap for you to get the name initially go ... to ... the car ... counterterrorism work ... and ... doing what's called party analysis ... is exceptionally tedious and painstaking is or is taking ... a little bit of data in piecing together in trying to correlate with something else ... and as result of the information that we had ... been a very generic way about these careers an individual's work has been logged over time we will piece together additional nation ... given that his name he was known by his known to ... associate that then eventually with his real name associate that than with other things ... that that real name was associated with ... Amtrak it and we got to the compound in the bottom up ... and over the past six months ... with the ... and trying to ensure that we had the best ... of visibility in terms of understanding was happening at the compound ... that body of evidence that the key relating to the point when the present said ... I wanna have operations against this the compound ... I wanna know what the pros and cons of them ... of them I wanna have options and I wanna make sure that we take into account ... the safety security American people ... of the of the Americans that would be conducting this operation ... that we look at it from the standpoint of things nobody ... what we can bring this together ... has made the decision ... and the salt savings ... goals ... so the idea ... also the model is actually involved in a firefight ... it has been reported in the ... morning to ... get his am ... one of the dot and did you buy or ... sell ... it with you get a firefight with those that enters the area of the house the decision whether or not you go the new rounds I'd I think we don't know ... the bid from visual perspective here is the law was been calling for these attacks living in this million dollar plus compound ... with ING ... being in an area that is Fareed move from the front ... hiding behind women ... who were put in front of him as a shield ... I think it really just ... speaks to just how Paul says narrative has been over the years ... and so ... began looking at what the law was doing hiding there while he's putting other people ... out there to carry out attacks ... began to speak to them to the ... nature of the individual he wants the same ... goal ... the day's low was the most anxiety ... when the helicopter appeared to ... be in awe over but when it was when you ... heard shots fired him and ... monitor in real time to ... actually hear the shots by ... you know when you when you when you plan these things LP's around you already you know when you mind exactly what the for the second step in Everything Cornwall ... it is a deviation from that it causes anxiety ... but the individuals to carry out this assault ... plan for all the various contingencies so when that helicopter ... was seen to be unable to move ... over Sydney had to go into plan B ... and they did it flawlessly they were able to conduct the operation ... as they were preparing to do ... but seeing that helicopter ... in a place ... in the condition that it wasn't supposed to be ... I think that was one of the release from a in a note to the people the room ... was the concern ... that ... now we're having to go to it the contends the plan ... and thankfully they were as ... able to carry out that contains the plan as they were the initial ... cuts ... we were able to monitor the situation ... um ... when ... you ... when he actually ... did he describe the reaction ... by the president specifically when it became clear ... that this was O'Sullivan of ... the bed ... do you remember the president's words were reaction from ... Gou ... what we heard that the individuals who carry out this assault ... felt as though they had an individual ... who appeared to be bin Laden that is what ... it's ... been two other types of ... recognition ... hiked ... the preliminary DNA analysis so those incremental buildup ... and a confidence was building but yet at what point you feel confident that you have the first year after ... so it was more of a growing ... of confidence ... which meant ... that one ... when people eight ... no ... made ... last week ... because we felt it ... enough to grasp the American people ... world ... to say ... week ... it ... is made out ... was ... then ... the ... what ... you are ... at this point on the idea ... of ... show ... the ... less than twenty four hours ... we ... are ... of those ... individuals ... we have released ... make ... sure we can ... be costly one make sure that not all ... but the world understands ... them ... and ... the outcome is that we have ... that was conducted ... in accordance with the mission ... design ... at the same time we don't want to do anything that's going to compromise our ability to be as successful the next time we get one of these guys ... and ... that now ... police have put or to my ... with conspiracy theories the Muslim world ... we are going to do everything we can to make sure that nobody has any basis to try to ... deny that we got this on the law ... and so therefore the releasing information and whether that includes photographs this is something to be determined ... just a debate about whether to release ... something or what ... I think it's both at the first of all what ... what falls into that category ... and then yet to take a look at the standpoint of what the ... but ... scientists sometimes when it ... to ... be ... capable ... the forces that we have available to us that U S Cup ... you wanna make sure the in not doing anything to expose some that will ... limit your ability to use the same intelligence sources in the building's future ... these securities ... the government have gone into a Paragon of ... is looking at Dulles zero while ago I saw that the PPI side or the Pakistani military police ... have that that compound now under control ... and clearly it is the site of the injured suggests that ... and so therefore he would not be my presumption that the Pakistani ... authorities ... would be in control that ... long ... the ... with the people and the compound but it was said to with the individuals who were would still be ... on the facilitators is that although ... the individual who was identified as the gatekeeper career ... the the residence ... was ... least ... mine standings ... interesting ... and it's my understanding ... just now ... one of the season ... made ... plus there was disagreement on ... whether this was ... this was not a unanimous ... recommendation absolute best ... we want to hear people's views the Sea of a circumstantial ... intelligence cakes ... and so people see that it ... either ... there is insufficient ... circumstantial evidence to go for with something like this which involves a unilateral operations ... in other countries too wet to somebody you believe that is the son in law ... and there were differences of views that were were discussed this with a present wanted to know ... as well as a dip in what's called poet's ... course of action ... which are the types of things that you can do ... that involved an assault on compound as well as from stand off ... position ... that's a ... what are the benefits of doing that from a remote location ... by the time passed in certain areas ... of ... as well as what are the risks associated with security forces ... to going into ... so this was debated across the board and the Prez only trick The and ... that he had the use of all the pencils ... haha ... before this ... year ... um ... either bond among fifteen years ... and have this guy ... and ... I have the utmost confidence in people ... the Twits EIA ... who've been tracking him ... um ... they were confident in the caucus was going this is different ... this intelligence case is different we see in this compound is different ... than anything we've ever seen before ... I was